Who is E.F. Codd, and why is he significant in the development of modern database systems?
Ask by Sumit Kesarwani
Updated 24 Sep 2020
While working at IBM, E.F. Codd created the relational database model. A paper he published in 1970 presented his ideas to the world at large. His work is the foundation for most of the DBMSs currently in use, and thus forms the basis for database systems as we know and use them today.